Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest is offering a cash reward for
information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for placing an
explosive devise inside of a briefcase. The briefcase was discovered at 4:30 p.m. Friday in a grassy swale on 2nd Street, south of
Kathleen
Ave. It later was detonated by the Spokane County
Bomb Squad. A note was attached to the briefcase that said “Warning, do not touch,
boom." The briefcase was located about one block
south of the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, off of Kathleen Avenue, where thousands of people were attending the North Idaho Fair. Any fair goers parked in the
area are asked to report any suspicious activity they saw.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at
667-2111, toll free at 866-667-2111. Callers are asked to use a code name or
number and do not have to use their own name to be eligible for a
reward.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.